Sears Centre
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Sears Centre is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, known for hosting sports events, concerts, and other large-scale entertainment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sears Centre canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13447815 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sears Centre Context triple: [Chicago Slaughter, homeArena, Sears Centre]
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A.
Enmax Centre
Enmax Centre is a multi-purpose arena and entertainment venue in Lethbridge, Alberta, hosting ice hockey games, concerts, and community events.
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B.
Brookfield Place Terminal
Brookfield Place Terminal is a Manhattan waterfront ferry terminal in Lower Manhattan that serves as a major NY Waterway commuter hub near the Brookfield Place complex and the World Trade Center.
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C.
Canada Place Mall
Canada Place Mall is a shopping centre located within the Canary Wharf business district in London, offering a range of retail stores, dining options, and services.
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D.
Brookfield Place Tower 1
Brookfield Place Tower 1 is a commercial office skyscraper within the Brookfield Place complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City.
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E.
O’Keefe Centre
The O’Keefe Centre, now known as Meridian Hall, is a major performing arts theatre in downtown Toronto that has long hosted prominent ballet, opera, and concert productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sears Centre Target entity description: Sears Centre is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, known for hosting sports events, concerts, and other large-scale entertainment.
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A.
Enmax Centre
Enmax Centre is a multi-purpose arena and entertainment venue in Lethbridge, Alberta, hosting ice hockey games, concerts, and community events.
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B.
Brookfield Place Terminal
Brookfield Place Terminal is a Manhattan waterfront ferry terminal in Lower Manhattan that serves as a major NY Waterway commuter hub near the Brookfield Place complex and the World Trade Center.
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C.
Canada Place Mall
Canada Place Mall is a shopping centre located within the Canary Wharf business district in London, offering a range of retail stores, dining options, and services.
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D.
Brookfield Place Tower 1
Brookfield Place Tower 1 is a commercial office skyscraper within the Brookfield Place complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City.
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E.
O’Keefe Centre
The O’Keefe Centre, now known as Meridian Hall, is a major performing arts theatre in downtown Toronto that has long hosted prominent ballet, opera, and concert productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
basketball team
ⓘ
ice hockey team ⓘ indoor arena ⓘ indoor soccer team ⓘ multi-purpose arena ⓘ |
| architecturalType | arena ⓘ |
| brokeGround | 2005 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Cook County, Illinois ⓘ |
| formerNameOf | NOW Arena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerTenant |
Chicago Express
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chicago Storm NERFINISHED ⓘ Windy City Bulls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasClubSeating | yes ⓘ |
| hasConcessions | multiple concession stands ⓘ |
| hasScoreboard | center-hung scoreboard ⓘ |
| hasSuites | luxury suites ⓘ |
| hasSurface | multi-surface ⓘ |
| homeArena | Sears Centre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostedEvent |
college basketball games
ⓘ
concert tours ⓘ mixed martial arts events ⓘ professional wrestling events ⓘ |
| league |
ECHL
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Major Indoor Soccer League NERFINISHED ⓘ NBA G League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hoffman Estates, Illinois
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hoffman Estates, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namingRightsFrom | Sears Holdings Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namingRightsPartner | NOW Health Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namingRightsStart | 2006 ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyHighway | Interstate 90 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opened | 2006-10-26 ⓘ |
| operator | Spectra Venue Management NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | Village of Hoffman Estates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parkingCapacity | several thousand vehicles ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
concerts
ⓘ
family entertainment events ⓘ other large-scale entertainment events ⓘ sports events ⓘ |
| renamedAs | NOW Arena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seatingCapacity | approximately 11000 ⓘ |
| seatingCapacityForBasketball | approximately 10000 ⓘ |
| seatingCapacityForConcerts | up to 11000 ⓘ |
| seatingCapacityForHockey | approximately 9500 ⓘ |
| sponsor | Sears Holdings Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Illinois ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Sears Centre Description of subject: Sears Centre is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, known for hosting sports events, concerts, and other large-scale entertainment.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.